Michael Sherry

Work:(570)389-4976
Cell: (734)255-3241
Office: 106A
Office Hours:
M,F 10-12
M,W 2-3

Course meets
MW 3-4:15pm
BCH 308

Course Meetings and Due Dates (Overview)

Jan	1/29	1/31
Feb	2/5 Pleasures ch.1-2 MyBookCASE	2/7 Dear Mr. Henshaw MI Survey	2/12 Pleasures ch. 3-4 LENS1	2/14	2/19 Stargirl Pleasures 5,8 LENS2	2/21	2/26 RIFF/INSIDER1	2/28
Mar	3/5 King of Shadows	3/7 Pleasures 9,13 LENS3	3/12	3/14 RIFF/INSIDER2	Break	3/26 Hugo Cabret LENS4	3/28
Apr	4/2 Pleasures 12	4/4	4/9 RIFF/INSIDER3	4/11 Pleasures 7	4/16 Out of the Dust	4/18 LENS5	4/23 RIFF/INSIDER full	4/25	4/30
May	5/2 Reading Workshop	5/7 RIFF/INSIDER final Writing Workshop	5/9 Final Exam

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
01/29	Setting Expectations Intros/Syllabus/Assignment	Join the wiki Meet in MCHS 2205 for workshop on course tools (if you prefer, bring your own laptop)

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
01/31	Course tools Wiki how-to Questionnaire.doc Details Download 25 KB	Finish wiki personal page for 2/5 Read Pleasures ch. 1-2 for 2/5 MyBookCASE due 2/5 Read Dear Mr. Henshaw for 2/7

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
02/05	Investigating Children's Literacy Literacy beliefs Intro to RIFF/INSIDER Assignment	Take multiple intelligences survey Read explanation Post results and reaction on new page and link to personal page Read Dear Mr. Henshaw for 2/7

Date (back to top )	Lesson	Assignment
02/07	Dear Mr. Henshaw Cognitive Dimension of Literacy: Envisionment learner.org and http://www.learner.org/resources/series139.html?pop=yes&pid=1535 Multiple Intelligences MI Applications Why this matters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNfwZX1sRog&feature=youtu.be http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/winning-entry-in-what-is-a-flame-contest/	LENS 1 due 2/12 Read Pleasures 3-4 for 2/12 (Note: pay more or less attention to ch. 3 if you plan to be a teacher)

Date (back to top)

Lesson

Assignment

02/12

Dear Mr. Henshaw

LENS groups-->whole class discussion

P.A.G.E

Genre:

Read Stargirl for 2/19

LENS 2 due 2/19

Read Pleasures 5,8 for 2/19

Bring Rainbow Fish for 2/19

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
02/14	Group task: Dear Mr. Henshaw Lesson Plan for Dear Mr. Henshaw Author study: Author's style and plot	Read Stargirl for 2/19 LENS 2 due 2/19 Read Pleasures 5,8 for 2/19 Bring Rainbow Fish for 2/19

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
02/19	Stargirl Reading Critically Rainbow Fish	RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 2/26

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
02/21	Stargirl Discussion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMoXMhql0L0 Warm-up Observation practice Think aloud practice Book Talks Example 1 Example 2 Tips Digital Booktalks Wrap-up	RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 2/26

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
02/26	RIFF/INSIDER practice Sample case studies	Revise RIFF/INSIDER

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
02/28	Group task: Stargirl Literature Circles Intro to Literature Circles Read more about Literature Circles	Read King of Shadows 3/5 LENS 3 due 3/7 Read Pleasures ch. 9, 13 for 3/7

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
03/05	King of Shadows Sociocultural Dimensions of Literacy Warm-up: Interactional Frames Video1 - Recitation How Questions Shape Discussions Intro to Literature Circles Discussion Lit Circles Discussion Closing	LENS 3 due 3/7 Please post your LENS at the link below based on your group's conversation, and in response to one or more of your group members (or if you were absent, respond to a colleague's post in any group). (Lit Circles Groups) Read Pleasures ch. 9, 13 for 3/7

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
03/07	King of Shadows Genre, Parody, Fairy Tales	RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 3/14

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
03/12	Group task: King of Shadows Group task: --Develop assignment + rubric for unit on King of Shadows --King of Shadows as example of fantasy genre Discussion	RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 3/14 Student Data for RIFFers

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
03/14	Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER	Read Hugo Cabret for 3/26 LENS 4 due 3/26

Spring Break

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
03/26	Hugo Cabret Understanding Graphic Novels YALSA Great Graphic Novels Creating your own comics	Read Pleasures ch. 12 for 4/2

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
03/28	Hugo Cabret Group task: Author/Genre Study Teaching Hugo	Read Pleasures ch. 12 for 4/2 Bring Voices in the Park and Black and White for 4/2

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/02	Understanding Picture Books	RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 4/9

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/04	Hugo Cabret Filmmaking techniques	RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 4/9

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/09	Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFKfXiCbLw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE	Read Pleasures ch. 7 for 4/11 Next class meets in BCH 307 computer lab for Webquest

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/11	In BCH 307 computer lab Children's Lit Webquest	Finish webquest Read Out of the Dust for 4/16

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/16	Out of the Dust Discussion	Bring Joyful Noise for 4/18 Read Pleasures Ch. 11 for 4/18 LENS 5 due 4/18

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/18	Out of the Dust Poetry for Multiple Voices	RIFF/INSIDER full draft due 4/23 Post to wiki for feedback from Dr. Sherry Bring two copies to class for peer review

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/23	Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER	Bring Daily Life on a Plantation and From Slave Ship to Freedom Road for 4/25

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/25	Children's Literature and History	RIFF/INSIDER final due 5/7 Read about The Reading Workshop approach for 5/2 Overview Debated in the NYT Video Response to NYT article Book Talks, Mini-lessons, and Conferences Bring/prepare to discuss books you read for either RIFF or INSIDER for 5/2

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
04/30	Group task: Out of the Dust	RIFF/INSIDER final due 5/7 Read about The Reading Workshop approach for 5/2 Overview Debated in the NYT Video Response to NYT article Book Talks, Mini-lessons, and Conferences Bring/prepare to discuss books you read for either RIFF or INSIDER for 5/2

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
05/02	Reading Workshop 1 Book Talks Example 1 Example 2 Tips Digital Booktalks Teaching across texts	RIFF/INSIDER final due 5/7 Read about the Writing Workshop approach for 5/7 Overview In the news Discussion How it works Digital Writing Workshop Bring Where the Wild Things Are for 5/7

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
05/07	Writing Workshop 1 Overview In the news Discussion How it works Digital Writing Workshop	Prepare for final exam

Date (back to top)	Lesson	Assignment
05/09	Making a Case for What to Teach, and Why Discussion	Have a great summer! Keep in touch!

home